Tagged with "Sustainability Initiative Fruit and Vegetables"

Identifying the living wage gap at farm level

A new self-assessment tool developed in collaboration with Rainforest Alliance Rainforest Alliance and IDH developed a self-assessment tool for identifying the living wage gap at farm level. The tool,…

Pineapple block farm success in Ghana

Through establishing a block farm model in Ghana, HPW has significantly increased the yields and incomes of smallholder farmers, in addition to increasing its own supply of pineapples.

Grower Support Scheme for mango production

Block Farm Model for pineapple production

Living wages in practice, in the avocado supply chain from Kenya

In collaboration with IDH and Hivos, Eosta conducted a living wage research pilot, with a Kenyan avocado supplier, to research whether living waged could be used to improve social sustainability…

Developing Rwandan horticulture by linking local producers to global market

With the HortInvest project, IDH joined a consortium of multiple organizations and private sector companies to further develop the horticulture sector in Rwanda. As the demand for high value crops…

1º Fórum Anual do Cacau discute produção sustentável com presença da IDH

On May 21, the IDH – Sustainable Trade Initiative participated in the 1st Annual Cocoa Forum held in the auditorium of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock…

Giving banana workers a decent standard of living

IDH is working towards living wages in the banana sector, supporting specific interventions in Ghana and Ecuador and in Costa Rica and Belize. Employment in the export sector promises a…

Dutch consumer organization acknowledges Sustainability Initiative of Fruits and Vegetables

The Dutch consumer organization, Consumentenbond, published its report today about the sustainability of fruit and vegetables in supermarkets in the Netherlands. According to the Consumentenbond, supermarkets are…

Food products sector boosts sustainability in production chain

The parties in the Dutch food products sector are joining forces to ensure responsible business conduct in the international production chain. Today, they signed the International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC)…